Wayne Brady has come out as pansexual in a new interview with People explaining his process of coming to terms with his identity. “I am pansexual,” the Let’s Make a Deal host said in the interview. “Bisexual — with an open mind.” Brady said he had been doing research and wasn’t sure if he could determine if he was bisexual “because I had to really see what that was, especially because I really have not gotten a chance to act on anything.” “So, I came to pansexual because — and I know that I’m completely messing up the dictionary meaning — but to me, pan means being able to be attracted to anyone who identifies as gay, straight, bi, transsexual or non-binary.
Being able to be attracted across the board,” he added. “And, I think, at least for me for right now, that is the proper place.
I took pan to mean that not only can I be attracted to any of these people or types physically, but I could be attracted to the person that is there.” Mandie Taketa, Brady’s ex-wife, was the first person the television personality told and she said it was “great” as she “knew coming out would help him be happier.” Brady’s daughter Maile also said “Okay” after her father came out to her. “I’m still coming together.
But If I’m healthy, then I can go onstage at Let’s Make A Deal and be the best Wayne Brady that everybody wants and expects,” Brady also said in the interview. “I can be the best dad that Maile needs.